Former Jefferson County Circuit Judge Dianna Bartels is asking for $50.5 million in damages in a lawsuit she has filed against the county’s 23rd Circuit Court and 11 other defendants ...

The ongoing failure to pass a Jefferson County budget has led six circuit judges to send a letter to the quorum court justices and the county judge. The letter cautions that the failure to pass a ...

The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed last week that a man had not credibly alleged he was prosecuted for rape ...

What could be the final court hearing for impeached Carthage Mayor Dan Rife in his battle to reclaim that office unfolded Monday morning before Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker in ...

The circuit clerk in Jefferson County’s Bessemer Cutoff Division cited with contempt of court for her alleged failure to help find missing evidence in a 1974 rape case said she believes she has ...

A Jefferson County man has been sentenced to prison for the 2019 shooting death of another man in Birmingham. Ray Franklin Jr ...

My name is John "Jack" Chavez. I am a Lake Mills resident who, for over 30 years, has been serving Jefferson County first as an Assistant District Attorney and later ...

Laura Young [email protected] David Michael Gavin of Greenville, Fla., born June 22, 1983, was charged in Jefferson ...

Ballot Measure 114 bans the purchase of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It also requires a permit for anybody purchasing a firearm, but won’t go into effect immediately.

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, ...

An El Salvadorian immigrant who has been accused of murdering a 32-year-old Charles Town woman in May 2024 was sentenced ...